WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s most senior envoy to the United Kingdom has lost his job over remarks he made about U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in London this week, New Zealand ‘s foreign minister said…
NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health. In…
Brisbane, Australia CNN — Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades. Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall late Friday…
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned a past social media post by the Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson that disputed the innocence of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman whom most historians agree was wrongfully convicted of killing a 13-year-old factory worker…
President Donald Trump’s plan to use the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to detain 30,000 immigrants has been hitting major legal, logistical and financial hurdles ever since he surprised many in his own administration by announcing it. Now, as agencies spar over responsibility for operations there…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, according to three defense officials. Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office,…
If you have already had the good fortune of encountering “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare, you were probably at a wedding. It is not, by most accounts, a sexy poem. It is not exactly a happy one, either. Instead, it…
Germany’s Merz strikes ‘game-changing’ deal to boost defence spending Financial Times German parties agree on historic debt overhaul to revamp military and economy Reuters Germany Paves Way for Defense Spending Increase The Wall Street Journal Germany’s CDU, SPD agree on major financial package DW…
A Ukrainian strike drone. Unmanned Systems Forces photo Fanning out across western and southern Russia and Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine last night, Ukrainian drones struck no fewer than five Russian oil facilities, the Ukrainian general staff in Kyiv reported. It was…
Refugee, prisoner, wine merchant, spy: Peter Sichel was many things in his long, colorful life, but he was probably most often identified as the man who made Blue Nun one of the most popular wines in the world in the…